Here is a collection of pictures I took in my backyard back in August of some flowers, the sky, and of course that most noble of insects, the wasp. Want more wasp pictures? Don’t worry baby bird. I’ll feed you. Eventually.
This is a collection of images that I took on my way home from following the Big Boy. After letting the train roll past us one last time, Teresa and I headed back to Boone after stopping off in Carroll for a delicious meal at Rancho Grande Mexican. Then in… Read More »Who’s a Big Boy – Addendum
This is my final collection of images from the day I spent following the Union Pacific Big Boy a little ways across central Iowa. The Big Boy is 133 feet long and 17 feet tall. A standard diesel locomotive is 74 feet long and 15 foot 7 inches tall. A… Read More »Who’s a Big Boy – Chapter 3
FOOD was another very popular theme. We have reached 16 straight weeks of double digit submissions! Someday I’m going to have to have a look and see what is the record for the most submissions for one week. I don’t think today is that record, but there were a healthy… Read More »WPC – WEEK 226 – FOOD
Last Saturday I took Naima for a walk around Ledges to take a picture for the HDR theme of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. Obviously I took more photos than the one I shared. Here are the ones that didn’t make the cut: Since HDR (true HDR) is the taking of… Read More »The Constant Shame of My Existence
Rather than naming the folders that include images from the Backbone State Park Road Trip I took with Jay, Derrick, Jen, Sara, and Shannon, I’m just going to call this post Backbone Road Trip. Here are a look at a few of my favorite images from the road trip: It… Read More »Backbone Road Trip
I spent a few moments taking pictures of flowers one day back in May. Here are some of my favorites: The tulips belong to my Mom. The rest belong to me. +++++++ One thing I wanted to bring back this year was happy birthdays. Today is Lowell’s birthday, so happy… Read More »Will You Pardon Me?
Back in August, Logan purchased a new mirrorless Sony camera. I took it for a brief run through my backyard for fun. I’ve been on the struggle bus lately because it is about time that I purchase a new camera but I can’t decide if I should stay in the… Read More »Logan’s Toy
Last April I went up to Minneapolis to checkout all the hoopla that surrounds the Final Four. Dae Hee and I went downtown and checked everything out. I snapped a few pictures. Here are some of my favorites: It appears to be a down season for the Cyclones this year.… Read More »Part Ballroom, Part Baller
The last time I discussed the day I spent following the Union Pacific Big Boy from Cambridge to Carroll, I noted that I rolled the dice and lost big time when the Big Boy crossed the High Bridge. I decided to setup shop on the north side of the bridge.… Read More »Who’s a Big Boy – Chapter 2
I’m not surprised easily, but you guys surprised me this week. Enough of you dipped your toe into the HDR world to keep the streak of double digit submissions going and to hit 15 straight weeks! But you didn’t come her to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation… Read More »WPC – WEEK 225 – HDR
Going to go ahead and add a Sunday entry for a bit as I effort to get caught up with the 2019 backlog. I don’t think these Sunday entries should last too long as I don’t think I’m that far behind with Sunday photo editing, but truth is, that I… Read More »#totallyfiltered
The pictures from the folder 2009-08-06 are taken in my backyard. They are mostly of the products of my garden. The first year I lived in my house, I actually planted a garden. I believe I had some mixed results, but I did manage to grow a few things here… Read More »2009-08-06
December was a truly busy month. I actually left the state more than one. I visited places like Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, and Florida. I feel I ended this attempt at THE SELFIE PROJECT fairly strong. Here are some of my favorite pictures from December: December 1 December… Read More »Selfie Project – December
I guess now that we are in 2020, pictures from 2019 would be considered backlog. I won’t get into my goals for 2020 until I write my 2019 review post, but one of my goals is to get in the ball park of caught up with my backlogs. That way… Read More »Confirmation – 2019
On Christmas Day, my family was sitting around Carla and Jason’s basement digesting a delicious meal, letting DIE HARD play in the background, playing pool, and discussing one of Amanda’s latest real estate projects. It was not going to be a joyous Christmas. About a week before Christmas, my last… Read More »After While Crocodile
Today is the last day of 2019. Therefore, I will reveal the November and December images for the 2020 Photography 139 Calendar. November Image: November The November image is a collection of dew drops that were trapped in a spiderweb. The spiderweb was located on a evergreen bush in my… Read More »Dogs with Papers
14 weeks in a row! 14 weeks in a row of double digit submissions! I hope you guys prove me wrong and we hit 15 weeks in a row with HDR because you guys knocked in out of the park with CANDID PORTRAIT in more ways than one! Because I… Read More »WPC – WEEK 224 – CANDID PORTRAIT
Today I reveal the 2020 Photography 139 Calendar images for September and October. September The September image is of the Union Pacific Big Boy. It was taken a few miles east of Boone, near Jordan. It was taken on August 2, 2019. The Big Boy was on a tour to… Read More »Week 225 Theme Reveal
Today we reveal the images that graced the 2020 Photography 139 Calendar for the months of July and August. Here is the July image: July The July image was taken of the Pig Races held at the Boone County Fair in 2018. I took this image for THE PHOTO JOURNAL… Read More »July/August Reveal
Today we reveal the images for May and June from the 2020 Photography 139 Calendar. The May Image: May The May image is of the Dunning Spring waterfall in Decorah, Iowa. Jesse and I took a road trip to check them out and to photograph them as my birthday road… Read More »2009-08-05